Number 5 (Steve Miller Band album)

Number 5
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	November 1970
Genre	Rock
Length	36:22
Label	Capitol
Producer	Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology
Your Saving Grace (1969) Number 5 (1970) Rock Love (1971)

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Number 5 is the fifth album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1970. This is the last Steve Miller Band album to feature original drummer Tim Davis.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Good Morning" (Bobby Winkelman) – 2:48
   • Jim Miller - lead guitar
   • Steve Miller - piano, backing vocals
   • Bobby Winkelmann - bass, lead vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
   • Tim Davis - drums, backing vocals
2. "I Love You" (Steve Miller) – 2:45
   • Steve Miller - lead and 12-string acoustic guitars, lead vocals
   • Tim Davis - backing vocals
   • Charlie McCoy - harmonica
   • Bobby Winkelmann - bass, backing vocals
3. "Going to the Country" (Miller, Ben Sidran) – 3:47
   • Steve Miller - 12-string acoustic guitar, lead vocals
   • Charlie McCoy - harmonica
   • Buddy Spicher - fiddle
   • Bobby Winkelmann - bass
   • Tim Davis - drums
4. "Hot Chili" (Tim Davis) – 3:30
   • Bud Billings - trumpet
   • Curley Cook - acoustic guitar
   • Nicky Hopkins - piano
   • Steve Miller - bass
   • Tim Davis - drums, lead vocals
5. "Tokin's" (Davis) – 4:23
   • Charlie McCoy - harmonica
   • Steve Miller - harmony vocals
   • Bobby Winkelmann - harmony vocals
   • Bobby Thompson - banjo
   • Wayne Moss - guitar, bass
   • Tim Davis - drums, lead vocals

Side Two

6. "Going to Mexico" (Miller, Boz Scaggs) – 2:29
   • Steve Miller - lead and Condor Innovator guitars, lead vocals
   • Curley Cook - rhythm guitar
   • Lee Michaels - organ
   • Bobby Winkelmann - bass
   • Tim Davis - drums
7. "Steve Miller's Midnight Tango" (Sidran) – 2:40
   • Steve Miller - guitar, lead vocals
   • Ben Sidran - keyboards
   • Jimmy Tillman - drums
8. "Industrial Military Complex Hex" (Miller) – 3:54
   • Steve Miller - guitar, lead vocals
   • Nicky Hopkins - piano
   • Bobby Winkelmann - bass, backing vocals
   • Tim Davis - drums, backing vocals
9. "Jackson-Kent Blues" (Miller) – 7:18
   • Steve Miller - lead and Echoplex guitars, lead vocals
   • Jim Miller - rhythm guitar
   • Bobby Winkelmann - bass
   • Tim Davis - drums
10. "Never Kill Another Man" (Miller) – 2:42
    • Steve Miller - 12-string acoustic guitar, lead vocals
    • Nicky Hopkins - piano
    • Lonnie Turner - bass
    • The Norman Keith Spicher String Heptad - strings ^[1]

Personnel

• Steve Miller – guitar, vocals
• Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
• Bobby Winkelman – bass guitar, vocals
• Ben Sidran – keyboards
• Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
• Tim Davis – drums, vocals

Additional personnel

• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Lee Michaels – organ (6)
• Buddy Spicher – fiddle (3) (uncredited)
• Wayne Moss – guitar (5) (uncredited)
• Bobby Thompson – Banjo (5) (uncredited)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Kenny Lee Lewis Gordy Knudtson Joseph Wooten Sonny Charles Jacob Peterson Norton Buffalo Tim Davis Boz Scaggs Lonnie Turner James Cooke Lance Haas Jim Peterman Glyn Johns Ben Sidran Nicky Hopkins Bobby Winkelman Charlie McCoy Jack King Ross Valory Gerald Johnson Dick Thompson Jim Keltner Roger Allen Clark Gary Mallaber Nick DeCaro John King David Denny Greg Douglass Byron Allred John Massaro Billy Peterson Ricky Peterson Bob Malach Leo Sidran Jay Bird Koder Joey Heinemann
Studio albums	Children of the Future Sailor Brave New World Your Saving Grace Number 5 Rock Love Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden The Joker Fly Like an Eagle Book of Dreams Circle of Love Abracadabra Italian X Rays Living in the 20th Century Born 2 B Blue (Steve Miller solo album) Wide River Bingo! Let Your Hair Down
Live albums	Live at the Fillmore Auditorium Steve Miller Band Live! Extended Versions King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents the Steve Miller Band Live in Chicago The Joker (Live) Live At the Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, April 1968
Compilations	Anthology Living in the U.S.A. Greatest Hits 1974–78 The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band Box Set Young Hearts
Singles	"The Joker" "Take the Money and Run" "Rock'n Me" "Fly Like an Eagle" "Jet Airliner" "Jungle Love" "Swingtown" "Heart Like a Wheel" "Abracadabra" "I Want to Make the World Turn Around"
Songs	"Mercury Blues" "You Send Me" "Gangster of Love"
Related articles	Discography Pompatus Capitol Records Mercury Records Roadrunner Records
Book:Steve Miller Band

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